If anybody has a more accurate answer, please feel free to correct me.
Looks like a valve cover breather hose. It has something to do with the PCV system - said system being in place to relieve the pressure in the engine by venting the air out of the crankcase and back into the intake to be re-used. This air has oil/gas mist in it and is supposed to be 'burnt off' by the engine for environmental reasons, but it really ends up making gunk like the above pic in various places where it is not supposed to be.
One solution for this is to install an oil catch can. Once this OCC is connected to the PCV valve, the vented air is delivered to the metal catch can. This catch can has mesh filters inside to condense the oil/gas droplets into a liquid. Another hose comes out of the can and routes the cleaner air back to the intake manifold.
I recently cleaned out my OCC and it's unbelievable the stuff that it catches - it oozes out of the can like black sludge and stinks of gas. See phil's pic below:
Above is a pic from when Phil (Thrizzl3) cleaned out his OCC. THIS is the stuff that gets shot back into your intake manifold by design, for environmental reasons.




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