What are the small, white, protruding structures on this Haworthia attenuata?

Are they buds? Flowers? Help, please?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Green...



Thanks in advance!

What are the small, white, protruding structures on this Haworthia attenuata?
The species is having variegated leaves with alternate green and white bands =

http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en%26amp;...



From = A Botanist