what is type*& p?

[weee]

what is p in the following snippet? does it have any legit use?

  void f(type*& p)

[TarikNeaj]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5789806/meaning-of-and-in-c

http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/unices/23534/

[integralfx]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1143262/what-is-the-difference-between-const-int-const-int-const-and-int-const