Die Glieder dieser Reihen können in 9 verschiedene Verbindungen treten und jede davon stellt die Bezeichnung für eine andere Farbe vor:
| 1 | A1 | A2 | 2 | A1a | A2 | 1 | A2 | a, | ||
| 2 | A1 | A2a | 4 | A1a | A2a | 2 | A2a | a, | ||
| 1 | A1 | a | 2 | A1a | a | 1 | a | a |
The members of these series can enter 9 different combinations, and each of these represents a different colour term:
| 1 | A1 | A2 | 2 | A1a | A2 | 1 | A2 | a, | ||
| 2 | A1 | A2a | 4 | A1a | A2a | 2 | A2a | a, | ||
| 1 | A1 | a | 2 | A1a | a | 1 | a | a |
We have added a full stop at the end of the table for consistency since the first two rows end with a comma. As elsewhere in his paper (see p. 17, s. 6), Mendel is drawing together combinations of identical factors, i.e. A1 represents the combination A1A1, A2 the combination A2A2, and a the combination aa. In addition, a is used throughout to designate the contrasting factor for the different colour traits A1 and A2. What Mendel notes down as A1 A2a would therefore be A1A1 A2a2 in twentieth-century genetic notation, and a a would be a1a1 a2a2. The order of the members of this combinatorial series results from combining, row by row, each member of the lower developmental series (i.e. A2, 2A2a, and a) with, from left to right, each of the members of the upper developmental series (A1, A1a, and a). The result can therefore easily be reproduced and checked by the reader.
members = Glieder See p. 20, s. 12.
conjunctions = Verbindungen See p. 10, s. 14.