Haworthia (includes so-called window-plants). These African plants are of two groups very unlike except in flower: some species are rosettes of very juicy leaves with translucent areas at the tip, such as Haworthia retusa: other species have long pointed leaves which are generally banded with white raised dots, such as Haworthia margaritifera. The flowers are not very showy, an off-white with six perianth segments. In their native habitat, they become covered with sand so that these little windows in the leaves serve to allow the light to enter to the center of the leaves.
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