or Daisy, in botany, a genus of the syngenesia polygama superflua clasps. The receptacle of the bellis is naked and conical; it has no pappus; the calyx is hemispherical, with squamae of an equal size; and the seeds are oval. There are two species; viz. the hortensis, a native of several parts of Europe; and the perennis, or common daisy, a native of Britain. The leaves of the perennis have a subacid taste, and are recommended as vulneraries, and in asthmas and hectic fevers.

BELLEISLE, an island on the coast of Britany, in France; in 3° W. long. and 47° 20' N. lat.

BELLISLE is also an island of America, on the coast of New Britain.

It gives name to the freights which separate Newfoundland from New Britain; in 58° W. long. and 52° N. lat.