a populous town of Italy in the kingdom of Naples and Terra de Bari, with a Bishop's see, seated near the Gulph of Venice, in E. Long. 16°. 49'. N. Lat. 41°. 18'.

BISERRULA: A genus of the decandria order, belonging to the diadelphia clas of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 32d order, Papilionaceae: The legumen is bilocular and flat; and the partition contrary. Of this genus there is only one species known; viz. the pelicinus, an annual plant with purple flowers, growing in Italy, Sicily, Spain, and the south of France.